GLSA 200803-15: phpMyAdmin: SQL injection vulnerability
| Severity: | low |
| Title: | phpMyAdmin: SQL injection vulnerability |
| Date: | 03/09/2008 |
| Bugs: | |
| ID: | 200803-15 |
Synopsis
A SQL injection vulnerability has been discovered in phpMyAdmin.Background
phpMyAdmin is a free web-based database administration tool.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| dev-db/phpmyadmin | < 2.11.5 | >= 2.11.5 | All supported architectures |
Description
Richard Cunningham reported that phpMyAdmin uses the $_REQUEST variable of $_GET and $_POST as a source for its parameters.
Impact
An attacker could entice a user to visit a malicious web application that sets an "sql_query" cookie and is hosted on the same domain as phpMyAdmin, and thereby conduct SQL injection attacks with the privileges of the user authenticating in phpMyAdmin afterwards.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All phpMyAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.11.5"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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